Category Archives: State News
Madison Police Seize Drugs, Guns, Cash During Bust
Madison authorities say they were able to seize drugs, five guns and more than 12-thousand dollars in cash while executing search warrants earlier this week. Two men were arrested after the searches a...
Aug 31, 2018
Floodwaters Nearly Take 2 Kayakers Who Had To Be Saved
Rescuers from the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office had to pull two kayakers out of flooded Cedar Creek Wednesday afternoon. Their names haven't been released, but a 59-year-old woman and a 57-year-old ...
Aug 31, 2018 Mark Bonica / CC
Vice President Attends Vukmir Fundraiser
Vice President Mike Pence attended a closed-door fundraiser for U-S Senate candidate Leah Vukmir in Milwaukee last night. His presence was aimed at narrowing the financial gap between Vukmir and incum...
Aug 31, 2018
11-Year-Old Girl Assaulted Outside Kenosha Elementary School
An 11-year-old girl tells Kenosha police a man assaulted her as she walked through a darkened parking lot Wednesday. The incident happened outside Curtis Strange Elementary School in Kenosha. The vict...
Aug 31, 2018
Maritime Museum Parking Lot to be Fixed Next Week
The City of Manitowoc has solidified a plan to fix the sinkhole in the parking lot of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. According to Greg Minikel of the Department of Engineering, crews will be filling a...
Aug 31, 2018
Hortonville Resident Dies in Appleton Accident
A Hortonville resident has died as a result of a crash in Appleton yesterday morning. The incident took place on South Memorial Drive, near West College Avenue at around 2:15 AM. When police officers ...
Aug 31, 2018 Tony Webster / CC
Tornado Count Reaches 16, Time Now For Cleanup Work
A dry weather spell is giving Wisconsin residents a chance to clean up the damage from a series of storms which swept the state. The National Weather Service spent Thursday surveying the damage done i...
Aug 31, 2018 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Youth Prison Nurse Fired For Failing To Provide Adequate Care To Inmate
One of four nurses who failed to realize a 14-year-old inmate's appendix was about to burst has been fired. The incident happened at the state's youth prison two-and-a-half years ago. The Wisconsin De...
Aug 31, 2018 Yusuke Umezawa / CC
Wauwatosa Considers Fee To Pay For Fixing Roads
Wauwatosa city leaders are considering a 30-dollar wheel tax as a way to pay for needed repairs on local roads. Car owners already pay a $75 state registration fee and a 30-dollar Milwaukee County reg...
Aug 31, 2018 Duncan Hull 🐝 / CC
Assisted Living Facility Where Resident Froze To Death Could Lose License
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says new violations at a Sun Prairie assisted-living facility could result in its license being revoked. Faith Gardens was already in trouble for the death ...
Aug 30, 2018
